Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Pierce Brosnan | ... | James Bond | |
Sean Bean | ... | Alec Trevelyan | |
Izabella Scorupco | ... | Natalya Simonova | |
Famke Janssen | ... | Xenia Onatopp | |
Joe Don Baker | ... | Jack Wade | |
Judi Dench | ... | M | |
Robbie Coltrane | ... | Valentin Zukovsky | |
Tchéky Karyo | ... | Dimitri Mishkin (as Tcheky Karyo) | |
Gottfried John | ... | Colonel Ourumov | |
Alan Cumming | ... | Boris Grishenko | |
Desmond Llewelyn | ... | Q | |
Samantha Bond | ... | Moneypenny | |
Michael Kitchen | ... | Bill Tanner | |
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Serena Gordon | ... | Caroline |
Simon Kunz | ... | Severnaya Duty Officer |
When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent James Bond 007 (Pierce Brosnan) can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his licence to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "GoldenEye", an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares off against Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon. Written by Robert Lynch <docrlynch@yahoo.com>
After a 6 year hiatus the producers needed to make this film good enough to bring Bond back to the forefront, and in comparison to the films that followed, I believe this to be the best. Without a cold war to fuel plot lines, the story is able to step into new territories, with many great plot elements. Pierce Brosnan portrays Bond amazingly well in my opinion, and ties all the classic 007 elements together flawlessly. Although adhering to the Bond foundations, this film has a great, fresh feel to it, I think partly due to the industrial style score by Eric Serra. I think you need to see this film more than once to fully appreciate it, but it is definitely a classic!